"The child, who was born prematurely, has not tested positive for COVID-19, but officials are considering the death coronavirus-related because “of the positive nature of the mother.”
Very sad, however, initial reporting of this devastating event wrongly implied that the newborn had succumbed to the coronavirus, which caused undue panic among pregnant women and their soon to be grandparents! I don't doubt that the coronavirus was the largest factor precipitating the mother's premature labor and delivery. That said, the child was still in the 2nd trimester of fetal development at 22 weeks, which presents very grave risks to the survival of the child who, had the child survived early birth would spend several months in the NICU. Very few newborns survive birth at that gestational age.
It's very important in these times of a worldwide pandemic that reporting agencies present the facts carefully and precisely so as NOT the allow an already PARANOID citizenry to go through the mental gymnastics of conjuring up their crazy scenarios regarding their own newborns and toddlers! This kind of incomplete information causes undue worry to an already panicked public!
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Originally Posted by MoonPieBlue
